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Fallout : spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 342 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781250149015
  • 1250149010
Other title:
  • Spies, superbombs, and the ultimate Cold War showdown
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 972.9106/4 23
LOC classification:
  • E841 .S54 2021
Summary: "As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance, spy planes fly above, armed submarines swim deep below, and undercover agents meet in the dead of night. The Cold War game grows more precarious as weapons are pointed towards each other, with fingers literally on the trigger. The decades-long showdown culminates in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world's close call with the third-and final-world war"--
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Young Adult YA 972.9106 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000583728

Includes bibliographical references pages (305-332) and index.

"As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race. In their battle for dominance, spy planes fly above, armed submarines swim deep below, and undercover agents meet in the dead of night. The Cold War game grows more precarious as weapons are pointed towards each other, with fingers literally on the trigger. The decades-long showdown culminates in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world's close call with the third-and final-world war"--

Ages 10-14 Roaring Brook Press.

Grades 7-9 Roaring Brook Press.

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